paul secor

Basie Jam #3 (Pablo) I'm normally not a big fan of Granz's jam sessions, but this one fit perfectly into my life tonight (with the exception of an overwrought Joe Pass solo on the last tune). Even though this record was recorded in 1976, it has the feel of a session from 35-40 years earlier where the musicians were playing for their own enjoyment.

It's good to see a birthday thread for a musician who's still with us. We should do more of those - even though the musicians probably won't see or know about them.

Very best Birthday Wishes to Mr. Konitz!

Pretty much of a ho-hum. Some of those shook my world, but I'd rather read a list of records that shook the world of certain members here.

Others have joined you, but were Gary and Keith the other two you originally thought of?

Uncle Buck John Candy Sugarcane Harris

I think that, in many ways, you may triumph over most of the rest of us.

Sonny Stitt: New York Jazz (Verve Japan)

Holmes Watson Irene Adler

Happy Birthday!

Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' Slim Lou Christie

Clark Terry: In Orbit (Riverside Japan)

Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer: Tonight's Music Today (Storyville Japan)

I don't have any problem with what he said.

Michael Hurley: Parsnip Snips (Veracity)

Wait a minute, Mary. That's the old scenario. In today's world, music is free for whoever wants it. Beer, on the other hand, is a whole other story.

So, if there's no other way to buy the music you love, you'd all prefer not to have it at all? I honestly can't understand that. All my record-buying life, it's been between difficult and impossible to get most of the music I've wanted at different times (perhaps because I've seldom lived in the right places). I'll put up with anything - jam on vinyl, trashed vinyl, cracked but playable vinyl, muddy K7s, to get the music I want. MG I have no interest in downloads either. I have enough music in some physical form - for me that's LPs, CDs, and some 45s - to last me for the rest of my life. And there's still music that I want to listen to that's available in physical form. If I miss out on something that's only available as a download, so be it. There are more important things in my life than worrying about having everything I think I might want or need.

Daisy Mae Daisy Duke Daisy Miller

Mojo Buford Buford Pusser Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys

Saw the film that was made from this. It wasn't bad, but I imagine the novel is superior. I've only just found out that there was a film. I've put it on my rental list with Lovefilm. As the beauty of the book lies largely in its verbal felicities, I won't be able to draw direct comparisons between novel and film. I'll watch the film for its own sake. I'm putting the novel on my to-read list.

"Tell me again - how did Charles Ives make a living?" "Making a living" destroyed his health and left much of his work undone. Your comment, "So?", is pretty uncaring, perhaps even ignorant, given those circumstances. I'm sure you'll have some sophistic answer, but I'm not interested.

Saw the film that was made from this. It wasn't bad, but I imagine the novel is superior.

Hope you're having a GREAT BIRTHDAY!

Arnaldur Indridason: Jar City